A look at the best news photos from around the world.
January 13, 2016
![A Swiss Guard, who fell ill, is helped as Pope Francis leads the weekly audience at Vatican's Paul VI Audience Hall.](https://gdb.voanews.com/037e17ad-2732-46f8-b01a-7e4ecf9becea_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Swiss Guard, who fell ill, is helped as Pope Francis leads the weekly audience at Vatican's Paul VI Audience Hall.
![Revelers participate in a parade on the street during a carnival in the village of Vevcani, south of the Macedonian capital of Skopje. Vevcani village marks the annual Orthodox St. Vasilij Day with a carnival that features a 1,400-year-old celebration with pagan roots.](https://gdb.voanews.com/e5ed1ce3-6bce-47e8-b61a-2c36592fbf00_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Revelers participate in a parade on the street during a carnival in the village of Vevcani, south of the Macedonian capital of Skopje. Vevcani village marks the annual Orthodox St. Vasilij Day with a carnival that features a 1,400-year-old celebration with pagan roots.
![Tawfiq Okasha, a pro-government TV anchorman who was elected to parliament, is reprimanded by a fellow legislator after he taped his mouth shut in protest for not being given the floor during a parliamentary session in Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 12, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0d816473-6f8d-4407-944a-13a97edb8e0c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Tawfiq Okasha, a pro-government TV anchorman who was elected to parliament, is reprimanded by a fellow legislator after he taped his mouth shut in protest for not being given the floor during a parliamentary session in Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 12, 2016.
![Former ballerina Luke Willis plays on a sand berm after sunset in Encinitas, California, USA, Jan. 12, 2016.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9c5362c9-383b-40c5-bde7-0a12d2bad4bd_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Former ballerina Luke Willis plays on a sand berm after sunset in Encinitas, California, USA, Jan. 12, 2016.